WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Head coach Dave Shondell, Chloe Chicoine and Lourdes Myers will attend the Big Ten Volleyball Media Day in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, August 6.
The Big Ten Media Days will feature all 18 programs over two days at the Big Ten Network Studios. Joining Purdue on Day 2 (8/6) will be Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington.
Chicoine's freshman season was the most accomplished start by a Boilermaker in program history, not only receiving the highest-ever AVCA All-America honor by a Purdue newcomer (Third Team) but was also named AVCA Northwest Region Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Big Ten and a unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection. The outside hitter concluded her freshman season with 478 kills, 3.82 kills per set and 2.26 digs per set and joins Hudson and alum Debbie McDonald as the only freshmen to produce over three kills per set or 400 kills in a single season.
Myers enters her final season after a breakout junior year in which she averaged a team-leading .333 hitting %. Competing in every match last year, Myers produced 110 total blocks (.98 per set),164 kills and was one of four players on the team to surpass 200 points in 2023. The middle blocker set a Purdue record in the 3-1 win vs. No. 16 Penn State, becoming the only Boilermaker to hit .818% in a five-set match (9-0-11). Moreover, her performance tied as the fourth-highest overall hitting % by a Boilermaker in a match, regardless of the number of sets played.
Purdue is coming off a third-place Big Ten finish and a No. 13 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) final ranking after finishing with a 23-9 (15-5 Big Ten) record and an NCAA Regional Semifinal appearance, all while Shondell coached one of the youngest squads in the team's history. Eva Hudson (Second Team), Chicoine (Third Team) and Raven Colvin (Honorable Mention) received All-America accolades while the team brought in a program-record tying six Big Ten postseason honors, including two unanimous selections in Hudson and Chicoine.
Shondell, who signed a four-year contract extension in January, enters his 22nd season at the helm of Purdue volleyball. The program's momentum has skyrocketed under his guidance, seeing 12 wins vs. top-5 opponents since 2011 and 107 consecutive weeks in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll, the longest active streak among all Purdue teams.
Purdue's 2024 season will begin at home with the Stacey Clark Classic on Friday, August 30 vs. K-State and will face six non-conference matchups vs. 2023 NCAA tournament teams before Big Ten action begins on Wednesday, September 25 vs. Penn State at home.
The Big Ten Media Days will feature all 18 programs over two days at the Big Ten Network Studios. Joining Purdue on Day 2 (8/6) will be Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington.
Chicoine's freshman season was the most accomplished start by a Boilermaker in program history, not only receiving the highest-ever AVCA All-America honor by a Purdue newcomer (Third Team) but was also named AVCA Northwest Region Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Big Ten and a unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection. The outside hitter concluded her freshman season with 478 kills, 3.82 kills per set and 2.26 digs per set and joins Hudson and alum Debbie McDonald as the only freshmen to produce over three kills per set or 400 kills in a single season.
Myers enters her final season after a breakout junior year in which she averaged a team-leading .333 hitting %. Competing in every match last year, Myers produced 110 total blocks (.98 per set),164 kills and was one of four players on the team to surpass 200 points in 2023. The middle blocker set a Purdue record in the 3-1 win vs. No. 16 Penn State, becoming the only Boilermaker to hit .818% in a five-set match (9-0-11). Moreover, her performance tied as the fourth-highest overall hitting % by a Boilermaker in a match, regardless of the number of sets played.
Purdue is coming off a third-place Big Ten finish and a No. 13 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) final ranking after finishing with a 23-9 (15-5 Big Ten) record and an NCAA Regional Semifinal appearance, all while Shondell coached one of the youngest squads in the team's history. Eva Hudson (Second Team), Chicoine (Third Team) and Raven Colvin (Honorable Mention) received All-America accolades while the team brought in a program-record tying six Big Ten postseason honors, including two unanimous selections in Hudson and Chicoine.
Shondell, who signed a four-year contract extension in January, enters his 22nd season at the helm of Purdue volleyball. The program's momentum has skyrocketed under his guidance, seeing 12 wins vs. top-5 opponents since 2011 and 107 consecutive weeks in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll, the longest active streak among all Purdue teams.
Purdue's 2024 season will begin at home with the Stacey Clark Classic on Friday, August 30 vs. K-State and will face six non-conference matchups vs. 2023 NCAA tournament teams before Big Ten action begins on Wednesday, September 25 vs. Penn State at home.